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Student-Built Mini Robots Compete in Botball Regional Tournament
04.16.08 - Are you ready to robot?
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Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2008 Largest of World’s Celebrations
04.14.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., -- The largest Yuri’s Night celebration on the planet drew an estimated 7,000 people to the tarmac at NASA’s Ames Research Center on Saturday, April 12, 2008, as young-minded people celebrated space exploration with music, dance, technology and art.
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NASA Lunar Science Institute Opens Today
04.11.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- Thirty-eight years ago, NASA launched the Apollo 13 mission to the moon. Today, NASA launches the new Lunar Science Institute to lead the agency’s research activities for future missions to the moon related to NASA’s exploration goals.
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NASA Selects 9 Small Business Technology Transfer Projects
04.09.08 - NASA has selected nine proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business Technology Transfer program. The selected projects have a total value of approximately $5.4 million.
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NASA Sets Sights on Lunar Dust Exploration Mission
04.09.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA is preparing to send a small spacecraft to the moon in 2011 to assess the lunar atmosphere and the nature of dust lofted above the surface.
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NASA to Outline Vision for Moffett Field at Sunnyvale Meeting
04.08.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA representatives will discuss future plans for historic Moffett Field and NASA Research Park during a community meeting this week in Sunnyvale, Calif.
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NASA Scientists Featured at Astrobiology Science Conference
04.08.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – Who we are and where we came from will be explored by NASA scientists and other featured speakers at the 2008 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon 2008) April 14-17 in the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif.
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'NASA Exploration Experience' Traveling Exhibit to Visit Utah
04.07.08 - America's plans for opening the space frontier - including human exploration of Earth's moon and future voyages into the solar system and beyond - are featured in an interactive exhibit at Davis High School, Kaysville, Utah, April 15-18, 2008.
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NASA Ames to Host Lunar Science Institute Dedication Ceremony
04.07.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – News media are invited to interview key NASA officials and attend a dedication ceremony for the new NASA Lunar Science Institute at NASA Ames Research Center on Friday, April 11, 2008.
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NASA Ames Co-Hosts Yuri's Night Bay Area 2008 Celebration
04.04.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., -- Yuri’s Night Bay Area 2008 (YNBA 2008) will bring together scientists, engineers, artists, musicians and an expected 8,000 guests at NASA’s Ames Research Center on April 12 for a multimedia celebration of space exploration and NASA’s 50th anniversary year.
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NASA Launches Airborne Study of Arctic Temperature, Air Pollution
04.01.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- This month, NASA begins the most extensive field campaign ever to investigate the chemistry of the Arctic's lower atmosphere.
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NASA Spaceward Bound Mojave Expedition Makes Desert a Classroom
04.01.08 - Why would anyone choose to spend a week in the dusty, desolate desert? That is just what a team of more than 30 NASA scientists, world-renowned planetary experts and teachers are excitedly gearing up for as part of the Spaceward Bound Mojave program.
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NASA Studies Microbes on Space Shuttle Flight
03.27.08 - Moffett Field, Calif. - NASA launched four microbial experiments aboard the space shuttle Endeavour on March 11, 2008.
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NASA’s Ames Scientists Participate In Media Day For Arctic Mission
03.27.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA Public Affairs will hold a media day in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Monday, April 14, to give reporters a behind-the-scenes view of the largest airborne experiment ever conducted to study the impact of air pollution on the Arctic's atmospheric chemistry and changing climate.
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NASA Statement on the Death of Arthur C. Clarke
03.19.08 - "Although his personal odyssey here on Earth is now over, his vision lives on through his writing; he will be sorely missed."
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NASA Ames and Girl Scouts Make Building Robots 'A Piece of Cake'
03.12.08 - Sugar and spice and everything nice - that's what robots are made of.
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NASA Ames Selected for Return to Moon Team
03.10.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – A scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center is one of 24 researchers selected to join the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission to explore and measure geological features on the moon’s surface. Scheduled for launch later this year, the mission represents NASA’s first step toward returning humans to the moon.
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NASA Explorer School Opens Doors to Hundreds for Discovery Night
03.05.08 - Edward Harris Jr. Middle School, Elk Grove, Calif., will transform itself into an epicenter of discovery and science activities next week and invites community members and news media to join the fun.
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NASA Collaborates with Astronomers in Search for Moon Water
02.29.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – In early 2009, astronomers on Earth will point telescopes at the moon looking for water -- and NASA will help them find their target.
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NASA Taps Astronomy Community to Help Search for Lunar Water
02.25.08 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - News media are invited to attend a briefing from 12 p.m. to 12:30 noon PST Friday, Feb. 29 in Building 943 at NASA's Ames Research Center about the Lunar CRater Observing and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, and the mission's participatory emphasis.